PFS2106. Results of Performing a Cybersecurity Assessment on an Organization

The Kresge Foundation partnered with TrilogySecurity, Inc. to perform a cybersecurity assessment that would simulate a real cyber-attack and observe how the foundation would respond if a threat actor was able to breach the foundation's network. The Managing Director of IT for Kresge and the President of TrilogySecurity will discuss the outcomes of that assessment. Wendye Mingo will share how an organization should prepare for this type of exercise, what happened when the test breach was executed, how both staff and the IT team responded, and lessons learned. Michael Davenport will continue by discussing how his organization conducted the test, what his team's findings were and conclude with some best practices that the audience will be able to share with their organizations.

Learning Objectives:

•  Inform the audience about lessons learned during the cybersecurity attack simulation
•  Inform the audience about how to better secure their organizations from cybersecurity threats
•  Inform the audience of various cyber attack tactics targeting private foundations